Publications

Julià-Miralles, M., I. Yarbuh, R.M. Spelz, R. Negrete-Aranda, J. Contreras, J.M. Fletcher, A. González-Fernández, R. Zierenberg, D.W. Caress. 2024. Strain localization instabilities and the genesis of multiple axes of seafloor spreading in the Carmen basin, southern Gulf of California. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 113:1265–1283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02426-6

Lundsten, E., C.K. Paull, R. Gwiazda, S. Dobbs, D.W. Caress, L.A. Kuhnz, M. Walton, N. Nieminski, M. McGann, T. Lorenson, G. Cochrane, and J. Addison. 2024. Pockmarks offshore Big Sur, California provide evidence for recurrent, regional, and unconfined sediment gravity flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(5): e2023JF007374. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007374

Paull, C. K., J. K. Hong, D. W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, H. Kim, E. Lundsten, J. B. Paduan, Y. K. Jin, M. J. Duchesne, T. S. Rhee, V. Brake, J., Obelcz, and M.A.L. Walton. 2024. Massive Ice Outcrops and Thermokarst Along the Arctic Shelf Edge: By-Products of Ongoing Groundwater Freezing and Thawing in the Sub-Surface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007719

Peña-Salinas, M.E., D.R. Speth, D.R. Utter, R.M. Spelz, S. Lim, R. Zierenberg, D.W. Caress, P.G. Núñez, R. Vázquez, V.J. Orphan. 2024. Thermotogota diversity and distribution patterns revealed in Auka and JaichMaa ‘ja ‘ag hydrothermal vent fields in the Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. PeerJ, 12(e17724) https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17724

Slead, S. R., M. Wei, S. L. Nooner, W. W. Chadwick, D. W. Caress, and J. Beeson. 2024. Compartmentalization of Axial Seamount's Magma Reservoir Inferred by Analytical and Numerical Deformation Modeling With Realistic Geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028414

Barry, J.P., S.Y. Litvin, A. DeVogelaere, D.W. Caress, C.F. Lovera, A.S. Kahn, E.J. Burton, C. King, J.B. Paduan, C.G. Wheat, F. Girard, S. Sudek, A.M. Hartwell, A.D. Sherman, P.R. McGill, A. Schnittger, J.R. Voight, and E.J. Martin. 2023. Abyssal hydrothermal springs—Cryptic incubators for brooding octopus. Science Advances, 9(34): 1–13. science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247

Wolfson-Schwehr, M., C. Paull, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, N.M. Nieminski, P.J. Talling, C. Carvajal, S. Simmons, and G. Troni. 2023. Time-lapse seafloor surveys reveal how turbidity currents and internal tides in Monterey Canyon interact with the seabed at centimeter-scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4): e2022JF006705. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006705

Clague, D. A., R.A. Zierenberg, J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, B.L. Cousens, B.M. Dreyer, A.S. Davis, J. McClain, and S.L. Ross. 2022. Emplacement and impacts of lava flows and intrusions on the sediment-buried Escanaba Segment of the Gorda mid-ocean ridge. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 432(107701): 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107701

Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, Y.K. Jin, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, R. Gwiazda, K. Anderson, J.H. Clarke, C. Youngblut, and H. Melling. 2022. Rapid seafloor changes associated with the degradation of Arctic submarine permafrost. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119105119

Fildani, A., S. Kostic, J.A. Covault, K.L. Maier, D.W. Caress, and C.K. Paull. 2021. Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans. Sedimentology, 68: 1378–1399. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12803

Negrete-Aranda, R., F. Neumann, J. Contreras, R.N. Harris, R.M. Spelz, R. Zierenberg, and D.W. Caress. 2021. Transport of heat by hydrothermal circulation in a young rift setting: Observations from the Auka and JaichMaa Ja'ag' vent field in the Pescadero Basin, southern Gulf of California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022300  

Paduan, J., D. Clague, D. Caress, M. Le Saout, and B. Dreyer. 2021. Systematic variations in lava flow morphology along the north and south rift zones of Axial Seamount. AGU Meeting, Fall 2020: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505810.1

Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, H. Melling, Y.K. Jin, M.J. Duchesne, S.G. Kang, S. Kim, M. Riedel, E.L. King, and T. Lorenson. 2021. A 100-km wide slump along the upper slope of the Canadian Arctic was likely preconditioned for failure by brackish pore water flushing. Marine Geology, 435: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106453

Ramirez, V., L. Angel, S. Madero, R. Michael, J. Contreras Perez, D. Caress, D. Clague, and J.B. Paduan. 2021. A new method for fault-scarp detection using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) in high-resolution bathymetry data From the Alarcón Rise and Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 23rd EGU General Assembly: EGU21–417. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021EGUGA..23..417V/abstract

Vega-Ramirez, L.A., R.M. Spelz-Madero, R. Negrete-Aranda, F. Neumann, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, J. Contreras, and J.G. Peña-Dominguez. 2021. A new method for fault-scarp detection using linear discriminant analysis in high-resolution bathymetry data from the Alarcon Rise and Pescadero Basin. Tectonics, 40(12): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021TC006925

Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, J. McClain, and R.A. Zierenberg. 2020. Lava flows erupted in 1996 on North Gorda Ridge Segment and the geology of the nearby Sea Cliff Hydrothermal Vent Field From 1-M resolution AUV mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00027

Clague, D.A., J.F. Martin, J.B. Paduan, D.A. Butterfield, J.W. Jamieson, M. Le Saout, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, J.F. Holden, and D.S. Kelley. 2020. Hydrothermal chimney distribution on the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC008917

Maier, K. L., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, K. Anderson, N.M. Nieminski, E. Lundsten, B.E. Erwin, R. Gwiazda, and A. Fildani. 2020. Submarine-fan development revealed by integrated high-resolution datasets from La Jolla fan, offshore California, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90: 468–479. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.22

Wheat, C. G., R.A. Zierenberg, J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, and W.W. Chadwick Jr. 2020. Changing brine inputs into hydrothermal fluids: Southern Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009360

Chen, T.T., C.K. Paull, C.S. Liu, I. Klaucke, H.H. Hsu, C.C. Su, R. Gwiazda, and D.W. Caress. 2019. Discovery of numerous pingos and comet-shaped depressions offshore southwestern Taiwan. Geo-Marine Letters, 40: 407–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00577-z

Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, C.L. Moyer, B.T. Glazer, and D.R. Yoerger. 2019. Structure of Lo‘ihi Seamount, Hawai'i and lava flow morphology from high-resolution mapping. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7: 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00058

Georgieva, M.N., C.K. Paull, C.T.S. Little, M. McGann, D. Sahy, D. Condon, L. Lundsten, J. Pewsey, D.W. Caress, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2019. Discovery of an extensive deep-sea fossil serpulid reef associated with a cold seep, Santa Monica Basin, California. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00115

Gwiazda, R.H., C.K. Paull, D. Caress, C.M. Preston, S.B. Johnson, E. Lundsten, and K. Anderson. 2019. The extent of fault-associated modern authigenic barite deposits offshore Northern Baja California revealed by high resolution mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00460

Clague, D.A., D.W. Caress, B.M. Dreyer, L. Lundsten, J.B. Paduan, R.A. Portner, R. Spelz-Madero, J.A. Bowles, P.R. Castillo, R. Guardado-France, M. Le Saout, J.F. Martin, M.A. Santa Rosa-del Rio, and R.A. Zierenber. (2018). Geology of the Alarcon Rise, Southern Gulf of California. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 19: 807–837. http://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007348

Dunlop, K.M., T. Jarvis, K.J. Benoit-Bird, C.M. Waluk, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, and K.L. Smith Jr. 2018. Detection and characterization of deep-sea benthopelagic animals from an autonomous underwater vehicle with a multibeam echosounder: a proof of concept and description of data-processing methods. Deep Sea Research 1, 134: 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.01.006

Paduan, J.B., R.A. Zierenberg, D.A. Clague, R.M. Spelz, D.W. Caress, G. Troni, H. Thomas, J. Glessner, M.D. Lilley, T. Lorenson, J. Lupton, F. Neumann, M.A. Santa Rosa del Rio, and C.G. Wheat. 2018. Discovery of hydrothermal vent fields on Alarcón Rise and in Southern Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19: 4788–4819. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007771

Paull, C.K., P.J. Talling, K.L. Maier, D. Parsons, J. Xu, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, E.M. Lundsten, K. Anderson, J.P. Barry, M. Chaffey, T. O'Reilly, K.J. Rosenberger, J.A. Gales, B. Kieft, M. McGann, S.M. Simmons, M. McCann, E.J. Sumner, M.A. Clare, and J. Cartigny. 2018. Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications, 9: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06254-6

Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, W.W. Chadwick Jr., M. Le Saout, B. Dreyer, and R.A. Portner. 2017. High-resolution AUV mapping and targeted ROV observations of three historical lava flows at Axial Seamount. Oceanography, 30: 82–99. http://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.426

Goffredi, S.K., S.B. Johnson, V. Tunnicliffe, D. Caress, D. Clague, E. Escobar, L. Lundsten, J.B. Paduan, G. Rouse, D.L. Salcedo, L.A. Soto, R. Spelz-Madero, R. Zierenberg, and R. Vrijenhoek. 2017. Hydrothermal vent fields discovered in the southern Gulf of California clarify role of habitat in augmenting regional diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0817

Maier, K.L., C.K. Paull, D.S. Brothers, D.W. Caress, M. McGann, E.M. Lundsten, A. Anderson, and R. Gwiazda. 2017. Investigation of late Pleistocene and Holocene activity in the San Gregorio Fault Zone on the continental slope north of Monterey Canyon, offshore Central California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(3): 1094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120160261

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2016. MB-System Version 5.5.2284. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 2000-2016. https://www.mbari.org/products/research-software/mb-system/

Chadwick, W.W., J.B. Paduan, D.A. Clague, B.M. Dreyer, S.G. Merle, A.M. Bobbitt, D.W. Caress, B.T. Philip, D.S. Kelley, and S.L. Nooner. 2016. Voluminous eruption from a zoned magma body after an increase in supply rate at Axial Seamount. Geophysical Research Letters, 43: 12063–12070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071327

Chaytor, J.D., E.L. Geist, C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, J.U. Fucugauchi, and M.R. Vieyra. 2016. Source characterization and tsunami modeling of submarine landslides along the Yucatán Shelf/Campeche Escarpment, southern Gulf of Mexico. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173: 4101–4116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1363-3

Gwiazda, R., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, T. Lorenson, P.G. Brewer, E.T. Peltzer, P.M. Walz, K. Anderson, and E.M. Lundsten. 2016. Eel Canyon slump scar and associated fluid venting. Submarine mass movements and their consequences, 7th International Symposium, 2016: 411–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_41

Maier, K.L., D.S. Brothers, C.K. Paull, M. McGann, D.W. Caress, and J.E. Conrad. 2016. Records of continental slope sediment flow morphodynamic responses to gradient and active faulting from integrated AUV and ROV data, offshore Palos Verdes, southern California borderland. Marine Geology, 393: 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.001

Martin, E.J., D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, B. Hobson, R. Henthorn, M. Risi, C.K. Paull, J.P. Barry, and G. Troni. 2016. Enabling new techniques in environmental assessment through multi-sensor hydrography. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761487

Paduan, J.B., D.A. Clague, D.W. Caress, and H. Thomas. 2016. High-resolution AUV mapping and ROV sampling of mid-ocean ridges. Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, 2016: 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761264

Paull, C.K., K. Anderson, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, and R. Gwiazda. 2016. Fine-scale morphology of Tubeworm Slump, Monterey Canyon. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, 7th International Symposium, 41: 155–162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20979-1_15

Brothers, D.S., J.E. Conrad, K.L. Maier, C.K. Paull, M. McGann, and D.W. Caress. 2015. The Palos Verdes Fault offshore Southern California: Late Pleistocene to present tectonic geomorphology, seascape evolution, and slip rate estimate based on AUV and ROV surveys. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120: 4734–4758. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jb011938

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2015. MB-System Version 5.5.2252. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 2000-2015. https://www.mbari.org/products/research-software/mb-system/

Dunlop, K.M., L.A. Kuhnz, H.A. Ruhl, C.L. Huffard, D.W. Caress, R.G. Henthorn, B.W. Hobson, P. McGill, and K.L. Smith Jr. 2015. An evaluation of deep-sea benthic megafauna length measurements obtained with laser and stereo camera methods. Deep Sea Research I, 96: 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.11.003

Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, M. Riedel, M. McGann, and J.C. Herguera. 2015. Seafloor geomorphic manifestations of gas venting and shallow subbottom gas hydrate occurrences. Geosphere, 11: 491–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/ges01012.1

Paull, C.K., S.R. Dallimore, D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, H. Melling, M. Riedel, Y.K. Jin, J.K. Hong, Y.G. Kim, D. Graves, A. Sherman, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, L. Lundsten, H. Villinger, A. Kopf, S.B. Johnson, J. Hughes Clarke, S. Blasco, K. Conway, P. Neelands, H. Thomas, and M. Côté. 2015. Active mud volcanoes on the continental slope of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16: 3160–3181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015GC005928

Thompson, D., D. Caress, H. Thomas, and D. Conlin. 2015. MBARI mapping AUV operations in the Gulf of California 2015. In Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference, Washington, D.C., 2016: 1–7.

Tubau, X., C.K. Paull, G. Lastras, D.W. Caress, M. Canals, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, and D. Amblas. 2015. Submarine canyons of Santa Monica Bay, Southern California: Variability in morphology and sedimentary processes. Marine Geology, 365: 61–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.04.004

Clague, D.A., B.M. Dreyer, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, D.W. Caress, J.B. Gill, D.S. Kelley, H. Thomas, R.A. Portner, J.R. Delaney, T.P. Guilderson, and M.L. McGann. 2014. Eruptive and tectonic history of the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge, based on AUV mapping data and lava flow ages. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15: 3364–3391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005415

Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, R. Gwiazda, J. Urritia-Fucugauchi, M. Rebolledo-Vieya, E. Lundsten, K. Anderson, and E.J. Sumner. 2014. Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary exposed: Campeche Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. Marine Geology, 357: 392–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.10.002

Paull, C.K., M. McGann, E.J. Sumner, P.M. Barnes, E.M. Lundsten, K. Anderson, R. Gwiazda, B. Edwards, and D.W. Caress. 2014. Sub-decadal turbidite frequency during the early Holocene: Eel Fan, offshore northern California. Geology, 42: 855–858. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G35768.1

Chadwick Jr., W.W., D.A. Clague, R.W. Embley, M.R. Perfit, D.A. Butterfield, D.W. Caress, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, P. Sasnett, S.G. Merle, and A.M. Bobbitt. 2013. The 1998 eruption of Axial Seamount: New insights on submarine lava flow emplacement from high-resolution mapping. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 3939–3968. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20202

Clague, D., B.M. Dreyer, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, W.W. Chadwick, D.W. Caress, R.A. Portner, T.P. Guilderson, M.L. McGann, H. Thomas, D.A. Butterfield, and R.W. Embley. 2013. Geologic history of the summit of Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 4403–4443. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20240

Kannberg, P.K., A.M. Tréhu, S.D. Pierce, C.K. Paull, and D.W. Caress. 2013. Temporal variation of methane flares in the ocean above Hydrate Ridge, Oregon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 368: 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.030

Martin, E.J., H. Thomas, D.W. Caress, and B.W. Hobson. 2013. Seafloor mapping and imaging efforts using AUVs. Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 11–14 August 2013.

Thompson, D., D. Caress, D. Clague, D. Conlin, J. Harvey, E. Martin, J. Paduan, C. Paull, J. Ryan, H. Thomas, and Y. Zhang. 2013. MBARI Dorado AUV's scientific results. Proceedings of Marine Technology Society/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans 2013, San Diego, 23–27 September 2013.

Yeo, I.A., D.A. Clague, J.F. Martin, J.B. Paduan, and D.W. Caress. 2013. Pre-eruptive flow focussing in dikes feeding historic pillow ridges on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14: 3586–3599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20210

Caress, D.W., D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, J.F. Martin, B.M. Dreyer, W.W. Chadwick Jr., A. Denny, and D.S. Kelley. 2012. Repeat bathymetric surveys at 1-metre resolution of lava flows erupted at Axial Seamount in April 2011. Nature Geoscience, 5: 483–488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1496

Kelley, D.S., S.M. Carbotte, D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, J.R. Delaney, J.B. Gill, H. Hadaway, J.F. Holden, E.E.E. Hooft, J.P. Kellogg, M.D. Lilley, M. Stoermer, D. Toomey, R. Weekly, and W.S.D. Wilcock. 2012. Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca ridge: one of the most remarkable places on Earth. Oceanography, 25: 44–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.03

Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, C.K. Paull, T.R. McHargue, S.A. Graham, and D.W. Caress. 2012. Deep-sea channel evolution and stratigraphic architecture from inception to abandonment from high-resolution autonomous underwater vehicle surveys offshore central California. Sedimentology, 60(4): 935–960. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01371.x

Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, T.R. McHargue, C.K. Paull, S.A. Graham, and D.W. Caress. 2012. Deep-marine punctuated channel migration: High-resolution subsurface data from the Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California. Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM), 82: 1–8.

Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, R. Gwiazda, K. Anderson, M. McGann, J. Conrad, B. Edwards, and E.J. Sumner. 2012. Anatomy of the La Jolla Submarine Canyon system; offshore southern California. Marine Geology, 335: 16–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.003

Rubin, K.H., S.A. Soule, W.W. Chadwick Jr., D.J. Fornari, D.A. Clague, R.W. Embley, E.T. Baker, M.R. Perfit, D.W. Caress, and R.P. Dziak. 2012. Volcanic eruptions in the deep sea. Oceanography, 25: 142–157. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.12

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2011. MB-System Version 5.3.1909. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, D.W. Caress, H. Thomas, W.W. Chadwick Jr., and S.G. Merle. 2011. Volcanic morphology of West Mata Volcano, NE Lau Basin, based on high-resolution bathymetry and depth changes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12: QOAF03. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003791

Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, C.K. Paull, S.A. Graham, T.R. McHargue, D.W. Caress, and M. McGann. 2011. The elusive character of discontinuous deep-water channels: New insights from Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California. Geology, 39: 327–330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G31589.1

Paull, C.K., D.W. Caress, W. Ussler III, E. Lundsten, and M. Meiner-Johnson 2011. High-resolution bathymetry of the axial channels within Monterey and Soquel submarine canyons, offshore central California. Geosphere, 7: 1077–1101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00636.1

Resing, J.A., K.H. Rubin, R.W. Embley, J.E. Lupton, E.T. Baker, R.P. Dziak, T. Baumberger, M.D. Lilley, J.A. Huber, T.M. Shank, D.A. Butterfield, D.A. Clague, N.S. Keller, S.G. Merle, N.J. Buck, P.J. Michael, A. Soule, D.W. Caress, S.L. Walker, R. Davis, J.P. Cowen, A.L. Reysenbach, and H. Thomas. 2011. Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin. Nature Geoscience, 4: 799–806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1275

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2010. MB-System Version 5.2.1880. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Paull, C.K., B. Schlining, W. Ussler III, E. Lundsten, J.P. Barry, D. Caress, J. Johnson, and M. McGann. 2010. Submarine mass transport within Monterey Canyon: Benthic disturbance controls on the distribution of chemosynthetic biological communities. Submarine mass movements and their consequences, Advances in natural and technological hazards research, 28: 229–246.

Paull, C.K., W. Ussler III, D.W. Caress, E. Lundsten, J. Barry, J.A. Covault, K.L. Maier, J. Xu, and S. Augenstein. 2010. Origins of large crescent-shaped bedforms within the axial channel of Monterey Canyon, offshore California. Geosphere, 6: 755–774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00527.1

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2009. MB-System Version 5.1.2 . Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Normark, W.R., C.K. Paull, D.W. Caress, W. Ussler III, and R. Sliter. 2009. Fine-scale relief related to late Holocene channel shifting within the floor of upper Redondo Fan Valley in San Pedro Basin, offshore southern California. Sedimentology, 56: 1690–1704.

Paduan, J., D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, and H. Thomas. 2009. High-resolution mapping of erosional, tectonic, and volcanic hazards using the MBARI mapping AUV. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 7: 181–186.

Paduan, J., D.W. Caress, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, and H. Thomas. 2009. High-resolution mapping of mass wasting, tectonic, and volcanic hazards using the MBARI mapping AUV. Proceedings of the International Conference on Seafloor Mapping and Geohazards Assessment.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2008. MB-System Version 5.1.1. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.1.1.

Caress, D.W., H. Thomas, W.J. Kirkwood, R. McEwen, R. Henthorn, D.A. Clague, C.K. Paull, J.B. Paduan, and K.L. Maier. 2008. High-resolution multibeam, sidescan, and subbottom surveys of seamounts, submarine canyons, deep-sea fan channels, and gas seeps using the MBARI AUV D. Allan B.. Marine Habitat Mapping Technology for Alaska: 47–70.

Paull, C.K., W.R. Normark, W. Ussler III, D.W. Caress, and R. Keaten. 2008. Association among active seafloor deformation, mound formation, and gas hydrate growth and accumulation with the seafloor of the Santa Monica Basin, offshore California. Marine Geology, 250: 258–275.

Kirkwood, W.J., and D.W. Caress. 2007. Comparison of MBARI autonomous underwater mapping results for ORION Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) and Neptune Canada. Underwater Technology Conference.

McNutt, M., and D.W. Caress. 2007. Hotspots and hotspot swells in seismology and the structure of the Earth. Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 1.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2006. MB-System Version 5.1.0. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.1.0.

Henthorn, R., D. Caress, H. Thomas, R. McEwen, W. Kirkwood, C.K. Paull, and R. Keaten. 2006. High-resolution multibeam and subbottom surveys of submarine canyons and gas seeps using the MBARI mapping AUV. Proceedings of the Marine Technology Society / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Oceans Conference.

Paull, C.K., W. Ussler III, P. Mitts, D. Caress, and G.J. West. 2006. Discordant 14C-stratigraphies in upper Monterey Canyon: A signal of anthropogenic disturbance. Marine Geology, 233: 21–36.

Stakes, D., M.R. Perfit, M.A. Tivey, D.W. Caress, T.M. Ramirez, and N. Maher. 2006. The Cleft revealed: Geologic, magnetic, and morphologic evidence for construction of upper oceanic crust along the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7: 1–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GC001038

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2005. MB-System Version 5.0.6. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites, 5.0.6-5.0.7.

Paull, C.K., B. Schlining, W. Ussler, J.B. Paduan, D. Caress, and H.G. Greene. 2005. Distribution of chemosynthetic biological communities in Monterey Bay, California. Geology, 33: 85–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/g20927.1

Schmidt, V., D.N. Chayes, and D.W. Caress. 2005. The MB-System Cookbook. Technical documentation distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2004. MB-System Version 5.0.5. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Jordahl, K., D. Caress, M. McNutt, and A. Bonneville. 2004. Seafloor topography and morphology of the Superswell region. The Pacific Ocean Hot Spots: 9–28.

Jordahl, K., M. McNutt, and D. Caress. 2004. Multiple episodes of volcanism in the Southern Austral Islands: Flexural constraints from bathymetry, seismic reflection, and gravity data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109: B06103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JB002885

Stakes, D.S., M. Perfit, M.A. Tivey, T. Walsh, M. McCann, T.M. Ramirez, and D. Caress. 2003. Virtual field trip from the Juan de Fuca Ridge.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2002. MB-System Version 5.0. beta27. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2001. MB-System version 5.0.beta12. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-Deo web sites.

Caress, D.W., and W. Kirkwood. 2001. High resolution mapping with AUVs: payload development issues in support of oceanographic science. AUV Sensor Workshop.

Caress, D.W., and D.N. Chayes. 2000. MB-system version 4.6.10. Open source software distributed from the MBARI and L-DEO web sites MBARI, 2000.

Kastens, K., E. Bonatti, D. Caress, G. Carrara, O. Dauteuil, G. Frueh-Green, and M. Ligi. 2000. The Vema transverse ridge (Central Atlantic). Marine Geophysical Researches: 20: 533–556.

Schuur, C.L., M.F. Coffin, C. Frohlich, C.G. Massell, G.D. Karner, D. Ramsay, and D. Caress. 1998. Sedimentary regimes at the Macquarie Ridge Complex: Interaction of Southern Ocean circulation and plate boundary bathymetry. Paleoceanography, 13: 646–670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/98pa02357

McNutt, M.K., D.W. Caress, J. Reynolds, K.A. Jordahl, and R.A. Duncan. 1997. Failure of plume theory to explain midplate volcanism in the southern Austral islands. Nature, 389: 479–482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/39013